STARKVILLE, Miss. -The Fresno State and Hawai`i softball programs were ranked in the top 50 as announced by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association in conjunction with the USA Today/NFCA all-Time Division I College Softball Top 50 poll.
The poll was compiled using weekly rankings from the 1995 season to the final poll of 2003. Fresno State was ranked fourth, while Hawai`i was ranked 26th.
The Bulldog softball program has been nationally-ranked in 178 of 190 polls since the NCAA released
the first collegiate softball poll in 1983. In addition, the Bulldogs also have ranked among the Top 10 in the national polls in 151 weeks of its 26-year history.
The Rainbow Wahine were ranked in 46 polls during that span, including streaks of 19 consecutive from 1995-96 and 15 consecutive from 1998-99.
Two teams, Arizona and Oklahoma, appeared in every poll since the poll's inception, which spans 112 weeks. The Wildcats are atop the all-time list, finishing in the Top 5 every year that the poll has existed.
UCLA was in 100 of 112 polls while Washington was in all but one. Western Athletic Conference rival, Fresno State, was in 101 consecutive polls, a streak that ended during the 2003 season.
Top 20 -- NFCA All-Time Top 50 Poll (since 1995)
1. Arizona
2. UCLA
3. Washington
4. Fresno State
5. Oklahoma
6. Michigan
7. California
8. Arizona State
9. Louisiana State
10. Stanford
11. Cal State Fullerton
12. Nebraska
13. South Carolina
14. Iowa
15. Oregon State
16. Louisiana-Lafayette
17. DePaul
18. Florida State
19. Alabama
20. Texas
21. Oklahoma State
22. South Florida
23. Cal State Northridge
24. Long Beach State
25. Missouri
26. Hawaii
27. Minnesota
28. UNLV
29. Southern Mississippi
30. Texas A&M
31. Illinois-Chicago
32. Notre Dame
33. Oregon
34. Massachusetts
35. Cal Poly SLO
36. Georgia
37. Florida Atlantic
38. Michigan State
39. Pacific
40. Cal State Sacramento
41. Colorado State
42. Kansas
43. Louisiana-Monroe*
44. Ohio State
45. Utah
46. Nicholls State
47. Mississippi State
48. New Mexico
49. Baylor
50. Texas State-San Marcos